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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Armored Against Fear (pages 135-152).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author imagine white parents might tell their children?
(a) Be twice as fearful.
(b) Be twice as nice.
(c) Be twice as successful.
(d) Take twice as much.

2. How did the Internet affect the author's writing?
(a) He could find relevant research faster.
(b) He spent far too much time on social media.
(c) His blog made him internationally famous.
(d) He felt a sense of disembodiment.

3. What does the author describe as the "enemy of art, courageous thinking and honest writing"?
(a) The Dream.
(b) Science.
(c) Public education.
(d) Religion.

4. To where did the author move to in 2001?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. What was the outcome of the trial on page 112?
(a) The man was acquitted of all charges.
(b) The man was convicted of murder.
(c) The man was convicted of manslaughter.
(d) The man was convicted of firing a gun into the car, but not of murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author notice about white children in Manhattan?

2. According to the author, what do many of his black contemporaries have in common?

3. What is PG County?

4. According to the author, why couldn't Dr. Jones rely on her country for help?

5. How does the author describe Malcolm X?

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